Man, this suddenly made me gasped for air out of surprise & nervous. They were serious when they offered me to join the church choir.

“But I can’t sing” that’s the same excuse I use when anyone offer me to join any choir “Yeah, so I sing but not the kind of choir singing”

“So do you think we can sing better?” Mrs. Ratna’s smiled softly “We all learning to sing”

Hesitatedly I followed her to the main room where the sermon is held every Sunday. The same room they use to have their choir rehearsal for 1-2 hours every Saturday morning.

So another new thing, I thought to myself as I remember 6 years ago I was asked to join other church Sunday school. Not just as a visitor but as one of the teachers.

And just as in my previous experience, this time too, not a single person underestimate or laugh at me. Infact they welcome me with open arms. Happy to assist me. Treat me as their number.

You see, I wasn’t born with shining talents & potentials. They are all came to the surface with the passing time. Infact, many of them were discovered when I was in the mid-thirties. There are key factors.

One is time. Even though someone is in the right place, having the right stuff or have done the best but if time has not come yet, nothing will happen. Sometimes time seems like destiny.

The other factor is ourselves. We can become our own obstacle. How? It is our characters of shyness, low in self confident, worrying about everything, jealousy, easily get angry or selfishness are just few I can name. But how could any of them become an obstactle to ourselves? I give you two examples from my own experience.

About 11 years ago I had a relationship with a coworker. He is a dashing young man & kind with a good career. But his changing mind made so many good things slipped through his fingers. Including our relationship.

I know a woman with lots of potentials but she is so filled with self justification that it hurts people’s feelings. At the end it is not respect she gains from the people around her because a maid even called & addressed her as ‘that witch’ behind her back.

So from those two examples we can see that it is ourselves that become the biggest challenge. Not situation. Not our limitations. Nor problems. Funny thing is we spend a lot of time at war with other people or situation and not with ourselves.

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Who is Keke?

I am a person whose life is full of surprises. Have a degree in banking management but after spending about 11 years moving from one office job to another, I ended up teaching in kindergarten from 2005 to 2011. Due to some reason I had to resign from that kindergarten as I have got myself.. yep, another office job. Something that I never thought I would do again for a living. Writing in this blog continues though. I just want you to know what is this former kindergarten teacher does & thinks after she resigned from her teaching post. I like my present job but I know I am a teacher. One day I will teach in school again.